May Developer Update

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The Dragon's Neck Dev Update

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Happy End of May! We are moving along quickly and wrapping numerous bug fixes along the way. We remain on track for an Open Beta at the end of June (details below), and will be pushing hard towards wrapping building & narrative implementation pieces over the coming weeks & months. We have a ton of new Heads and server screenshots to showcase today, along with a few Wiki updates and general information.

• New Character Identification System
  • See: https://www.dragonsneck.com/wiki/Identification-System
• Pantheons & Patrons Guide:
  • See: https://www.dragonsneck.com/wiki/Pantheons-and-Patrons
• Spirit Shaman RP Guide:
  • See: https://www.dragonsneck.com/wiki/Spirit-Shaman-RP-Guide
• Evereska Details Added:
  • See Evereska: https://www.dragonsneck.com/wiki/Narrative-Introduction
• Commands:
  • !date - Provides user with the current Date.
• Assassin Death Attack:
  • Will no longer appear named "Death Attack" to allies/enemies. Will show as "Sneak Attack", and the Assassin will be notified that they are conducting a Death Attack.
• Bard Bonus Feats updated:
  • https://www.dragonsneck.com/wiki/Bard

Open Beta Timeline

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• Open Beta Launch: 6/26, 10am PST.
• Week of June 28th: Class Spell/Ability Review & Mechanics Testing.
• Week of July 5th: Levels 2 through 6, dungeons and feedback.
• Week of July 12th: Levels 7 through 12 dungeons and feedback.
• Week of July 19th: Levels 13 through 18 dungeons and feedback.
• Week of July 26th: Systems Review:
  • Housing
  • Noticeboards
  • Placeable Persistence
  • Player Merchant System
  • PvP
  • Professions
  • Persistent Storage
  • Exploration & Mapping

Open Beta Reminders:

• The server will remain passworded during Open Beta to ensure that new players don't happen to wander in.
• RP will not be required, and will be discouraged during Open Beta.
• All characters will be wiped after Open Beta.
• Characters that existed during the prior run, will be restored to player accounts, so they can be converted into a new PC before launch.
• Launch timeline remains tentative for Late Summer, 2021.
  • Testing done during Open Beta will help the team establish what our exact Launch date should be.
  • "When it's ready" remains our commitment, we're working hard daily to move things along to the point of being prepared for the NWN masses.
• We will intentionally block specific narrative systems for the time being and test internally. So there will be elements that might appear to be missing, however this will be by design. Things such as Quests, Points of Interest, Narrative Aspects, and more will be unavailable.

New Heads

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Noble Human Female:

Older Human Female:

Headdress Examples:

Peasants:

Shorter-hair Options:

Halfling Female:

Calimshan Heads:

Chultan:

Maztican:

Kara-Tur:

Half-Elves:

Server Screenshots

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